Description
The character of Nellie Oleson is a fascinating one as she played the rival of Laura Ingalls Wilder in multiple Little House books in the series. But Nellie was actually based on three different girls (Nellie Owens, Genevieve Masters, and Estella Gilbert) Laura knew growing up, and she combined the three into the single Nellie Oleson persona. Learn more about the real lives of the three who became Nellie Oleson.
